PAT Testing / Electrical Testing in Kington

Kington

Kington is a market town, selecting ward and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. According to the Church, the ward had a population of 3,240 while the 2011 census had a population of 2,626. The name 'Kington' is originated from King's-ton, being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", comparable to other neighboring communities such as Presteigne meaning "Priest's Town" and also Knighton being "Knight's Town". Kington is to the west of Offa's Dyke so presumably this land was Welsh in the 8th century AD. The land was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, however ruined. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the downfall of Roger de Breteuil, second Earl of Hereford in 1075. Prior To 1121 King Henry I provided Kington to Adam de Port, who founded a new Marcher barony in this part of the very early Welsh Marches. Kington appears to have been a peaceful barony as well as was associated with the workplace of sheriff of Hereford. In 1172, Adam de Port, possibly the great-grandson of Henry Port, rebelled and also fled the nation. He returned in 1174 with a Scottish military, only to leave from the resulting Battle of Alnwick to the fantastic mirth of the Norman court. With this his barony of Kington was taken by the Crown and also came to be an appurtenance of the office of Sheriff of Hereford, lastly being granted to William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber in 1203 for £100. The castle after that saw action in the Braose Wars against King John of England and also was likely to have actually been destroyed by imperial forces in August 1216. Within a couple of years a new citadel was started and also the neighboring Huntington Castle and also Kington Castle were deserted. All that continues to be of Kington Castle today is a wonderful outcrop of rock topped by a few fragmentary earthworks. The old town gathered around the castle and also Norman church in addition to a defensive hill above the River Arrow. St Mary's church, positioned on greater ground above the community centre. 'Chingtune' was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, the name meaning Kings Town or Manor, high on capital above the town where St. Mary's Church currently stands. The new Kington, called Kyneton in the Fields, was set out in between 1175 and also 1230 ashore surrounding the River Arrow and potentially marked as part of the Saxon open area system. Positioned on the direct route the drovers extracted from Hergest Ridge as well as with 8 annual fairs, Kington expanded in value as a market community and also there is still a flourishing animals market on Thursdays. The community preserves the middle ages grid pattern of streets as well as back lanes. In the chapel of St. Mary's Church, there is the alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan of close-by Hergest Court, slain at the Battle of Banbury 1469, and his spouse, Elen Gethin. The ghost of Sir Thomas, and likewise that of the Black Dog of Hergest are said to haunt the location around Hergest Ridge. The Black Dog's discovery reputedly presages fatality. It is also rumoured to have been the prototype for The Hound of the Baskervilles as Conan Doyle is understood to have actually remained at neighboring Hergest Hall soon prior to he created the novel.